Poultry watering apparatus



Jan. 26, 1932. B F, DEAN 1,843,021

POULTRY WATERING APPARATUS Jan. 26, 1932. B. F. DEAN POULTRY WATERING APPARATUS Filed May 5, 1930 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR I ATTORNEY Jan. 26, 1932. B. F. DEAN POULTRY WATERING APPARATUS 4 sheets-sheet :5

Filed May 3, 1930 ATTORNEY Jan. 26, 1932. B. F. DEAN 1,843,021

POULTRY WATERING APPARATUS Filed May '3, 1930 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 k ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 26, 1932 UNiTED g STATES PATENT OFFICE 'BENJAMAN' r. DEAN, or sTURGIs, KENT'UGKY, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF lro MASON D.

- WEST, F sTURGIs, KENTUCKYv POULTRY WATERING- APPARATUS Application filed May 3,

This invention relates to an apparatus for watering poultry and has as its general object to provi de an apparatus which will great- 'ly lessen the time and labor expended to the l ordinary methods of watering poultry.

15 ing of the water, the invention also contemplating means for Ventilating the water heating chamber. e

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combina- --"201tion and arrangement of the several parts, to

--behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and specically pointed out in the appended claims,it being Y understood of course that minor changes may *,125 be made so long as they lfall vwithin the scope of the claims.` v

In` describing my invention in detail, reference will'be had to the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure l-is a view in side elevation of the apparatus embodying the invention.

Figure is. a view in end elevation illustrating the main unit'of the apparatus.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional View taken substantially on the line 3 3 of lFigure l looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

through the heatingV compartment and the p' partsassociated therewith.

, :Figure 5 is avverticaltransverse sectional view on the .line 5 5 lof Figure 3 illustratinga unit for feeding grain and thelike to therpoultry.

Fig'ure 6 Vis a similar'view on the line 6 6 l,of Figure 3 illustrating another feeding unit.

u Figure 7 is av detail vertical transverse sectional view on theline7 7 of Figure 3 look- Figure `Y4 isa transverse sectional view.

1930. Serial No. 449,544.

ing in the direction indicated by the arrows and showing means whereby buttermilk may be fed to the fowl's.

In the drawings the heating chamber of the apparatus is indicated in general by the numeral l and this chamber will be constructed of sheet metal and is of the hollow rectangular form shown in Figures 3 and 4 of the drawings, the heating chamber including .side walls 2 and front and rear walls 30 3, a bottom 4, and a top 5, the top preferably consisting of a main section 6 and side sections 7 which are hinged as indicated by the numeral 8 to the opposite sides of Vthe main top section 6 and which sections 05 7 are adapted to be swung vertically about `their hinges soas to assume either the closed position shown m Figure 4 or an elevated position resting upon the main section 6 of the said top 5'. The side walls are preferably 70 inclined from ,the sides of the top wall at which the sections 7 are hinged so that the said sections 7 will be downwardly inclined when in closed position and these sections are provided with depending flanges 9 which 75 prevent the entrance of rain and snow into the said heating chamber. In order that access may be hadto the interior of the heating chamber for the purpose of lighting small heating members, to be hereinafter described, openings l0 are formed in the front and rear Walls of the said chamber Aand closure plates ll of circular form are swivelled as at l2 upon these walls and normally assume a position closing the openings. The numeral 13 indicates in general the water tank of the apparatus and this tank is of the cylindrical form shown in Figures 3 and 4 of thedrawings and is disposed to rest at its bottom upon the bottom 4 of the heating 9o chamber, the top of the tank engaging beneath the top section 6 of the top of the heating chamber.

The bottom of the heating chamber is supported upon cross beams 14 which are dis- 95 posed to rest upon the end walls of a trough 15 which is of rectangular form, the ends of these cross beams are turned downwardly at right angles as at 16 to seat inU-shaped straps 17 which are secured upon the outer 10G side. of each end wall of the trough. The numeral 18 indicates a ventilating pipe which is mounted at its lower end in openings in the bottom of the tankr 13 and bottom 4 of the heating chamber, the lower end of this pipe being, disposed above the trough 15 andthe upper end-terminating immediately kbelow the top of thetank. An outlet pipe 19 is connected by an elbow 2O V-withpa nipple 21 at Athe bottom of the ta-nk13'and extends hori-" zontally within the trough 15, anda plug 22 is removably fitted into the delivery end ofA this pipe. A filling spout 23 is installed in the central portion of the tank 13 and in the top section 6 of the heating chamber and a closure cap 24y is removably fitted to this spout Aand-at this point itwill be understood that water may be introduced into.v the tank Y to substantially fill the same-while the `plug 22 closes the deliveryY endof the `pipe 19.

lWhen the tankhas beenpractically VfilledV .with water, theplug be removed until the trough has been V'lled nearly7V to the top,

f whereupon the plug isagain fitted into Vthe delivery end of Vthepipel 19..`

YThe -heatingfmeans'for the tan-l; is.. in

^ the form'ofztwo oil burning stoves25 and these stoves are, arranged in opposite corners ofthe heating chamberand thereforel at diainetrically4 opposite ksides ofthe tank 13.V vFitted toY each oil burner is aline pipe 26V which; extends upwardly and terminates at its upper end beneath the opening L7 which is formed in the `respective section?l of the going it will be evident that the heating units i, in the heating chamber will supply sufficient heat to heat thewater inthef tank 13' and' thereforeV tliewater supply toqthe poultry will be at a suitable tempera-ture. ln' order top of theheating chamber. From thefore* to:v prevent water or snow4 entering the lines V26., a baille 2S. is arranged vabove each-opening 27, upon the respective top section 7 as mest clearly shown in Figure l4fof the dgrawin '01s.

Inorder that the' heating'chamb-er may be.

held .stationary with respectto the tro-ugh and upon the cross -beams 14, a wing-99 i isfmountedlat the inner side lof the lower porside wall 2 of the heating chamber 1i and each Y is mounted upon each of the saidf'sidewalls and isengag'eable through theseslots: when the wings are slightly-sprung outwardly, a

pin32 Vis fitted through an opening-in each'Y Vof the klugs 31 so as to connect theside walls of the heating chamber with theside walls' f ofthe trough and thus prevent displacement Y .of these parts. Extending'ati` each of tionof eaehiside wall ofthetroughv15 and extendsupwardly beside the corresponding wing is'formed Vwith a. slot 30, anda lug 31 y the heating'chamberv is a trough 32",` the openV top of' which Vis inclined downwardly, and-a cover -33Jis hingedllymountedf at. its4v rear-side as' at. 314 upon theresp'ective lside- -ffwall '2' of theheatingchamber andis adapted f ...to-f place.l

to extend over and close the top of the trough 32 except that this cover is formed at intervals inv its length with openings 35 through which fowls may gain access tothe trough to consume buttermilk which' is contained therein.

Flanges `36fare formed upon the cover 35 and extend downwardly from the longitudinal free edge thereof and form vthe ends Vof the cover so as to exclude'dust from'the 'interior of each trough. In addition to the trough 15 there is provided an auxliary trough'37iand a' supply pipe 38connects one end of this trough with one end of vthe trough 15.

As' before stated, Figures 5l and 6 illustrate auxiliary feeding; units andin the enibodiment of the invention. showninFigure 5, the numeral 39 indicates thejsi'de'walls of a further includes Yinclined bottom wallsv 42 which 2 extend between lthe side walls; 39l and between the lower, spaced ends of which, feed hopper: whichincludesalso front and rear?, walls 4.0 and 41, 'respectively The hopper deposited in the hopper may be delivered onta-x the. bottom: 43 of: the unit, which 'bottom' extends betweenthe side. walls 39'.v Trougl1s44 are positoned.` at opposite sides of thebottom 43,. and the feed which isdeli-vered into the intermediate troughwhich isl-formed'by thel .wallsfof they trough 44 and the said bottom 43 may be transferred by an attendant of the 'appara-tus, into lthe troughs 44. Acover 45 ishingedly mountedeas at 46 at. the upper sideof theopenztop. of the'unit and normally-F100 restsv in theclosed position shown in Fig-V urea,v TheV smaller fowls may partake of' the; feed which is deposited the troughs 44 and 54 p and the larger-'fowls partake: of the feed dei posited upon the bottom walls .43; and of the. respective feeding unit.

Figure, 6; indicates. aslightly different feeding unit and in ,this figure the side4 walls ofthe unit areindicated bythe numeral..

r poultry of' larger sizev and theflower Vopeningst- Vfori poultry of smaller size; handle 455; is

preferably mountedfpivotally upon the-topi of the heating chamber: soV that the apparatus may be rea'dly lifted and carried from place what Ienim lis ;f;1 .I 7 7 i 1. lnpoultryfeeding apparatus of the class described, a heating chamberfthe said chamber'. having' a topl includinglafxedmafin sectionfan'd' sections hinged' tothe. .oppositev seat in position: closing: the` sides of the main section, a trough beneath the chamber, bars mounted upon the trough and supporting the chamber, a tank within the chamber, a filling spout extending from the top of the tank and throu h the main section of the top, and a closure or the spout, means for delivering water from the tank to the trough, a waterinv trough exteriorly of the chamber, means or conducting Water from the first mentioned trough to the last mentioned trough, and a heating unit in the heating chamber in juxtaposition to the said tank. e

2. In poultry feeding apparatus of the class described, a heating chamber, a trough beneath the chamber, socket members upon the end Walls of the trough, cross bars extending between said walls and having end portions extending downwardly and seated in the socket members, the said bars supporting the heating chamber, a tank within the chamber, means for delivering water Y from the tank to the trough, a watering trough exteriorly of the chamber, means for conducting vrwater from the lirst mentioned trough to the last mentioned trough, and a heating Y unit in the heating chamber in juxtaposition yto the said tank.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature` K f BENJAMAN F. DEAN. 

